VETERANS INITIAT IVE

Texas State

The Veterans Initiative, directed by Dr. Katherine Selber,

Professor for the School of Social work, is a model of

transitional, comprehensive, and empirical research and

needs assessments, partnerships that help the campus be

responsive, and active outreach and follow-up that engages

student veterans in a variety of venues. Services in the

model have been developed in the areas of academic

support and orientation, health and behavioral, career and

employment, training and technical assistance.

508 North Street San Marcos, TX 78666

Phone: 512-245-6766 Fax: 512-245-1958 veteransinitiative@txstate.edu

Veteran Resources

Vet Centers Austin Vet Center 512-416-1314 2015 S. IH-35, Ste. 101, Austin, TX 78741 Killeen Heights Vet Center Lori Spencer, GWOT Outreach Specialist Robert Higgins, Office Manager 254-953-7100 302 Millers Crossing, Suite 4, Harker Heights, TX 76548 San Antonio Vet Center 210-650-0422 9504 IH-35 N, Suite 214, San Antonio, TX 78233 Vet Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Business & Employment Hays County Veterans Services Officer Jude Prather, jude.prather@co.hays.tx.us 512-392-8387 (Office) 512-393-7718 (Fax) 512-749-7311 (Cell) Hays County Courthouse: 111 E. San Antonio st., Ste 200, San Marcos, TX 78666 Texas Wide Open For Veterans Resource and Referral Network for Returning Veterans texaswideopenforveterans.com Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area Veteran Employment Liaison: Jessica Buerger 512-392-1291 (Ext. 3023) 855-584-7335 (Fax) 866-518-0577 (Toll Free) 202 D. CM Allen Pkwy, Suite 4, San Marcos, TX 78666 Financial Assistance for Childcare, Computer/Internet Access, Fax, and Job Search Assistance

Health Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital http://www.southtexas.va.gov/ 210-617-5300 or 877-469-5300 7400 Merton Minter, San Antonio, TX 78229 Austin VA/Montopolis http://www.centraltexas.va.gov/locations/Austin.asp Program Support Assistant: 512-823-4000 or 800-823-2111 7901 Metropolis Dr., Austin, TX 78744

Off Campus Resources

Resource Directory City of Austin Veterans Consultant Allen Bergeron, Allen.bergeron@austintexas.gov 512-974-3306 Coordinates city wide veteran activities TexVet Texvet.org Manager: Perry Jefferies, manager@txvet.org www.texvet.com 512-341-4924 Referral, Resources, and Outreach for Veterans 2-1-1 Texas Phone service that locates resources specific to your area. Just dial 211.

Mental Health Give an Hour http://www.giveanhour.org Locates free physicians and mental health professionals by zip code. Grace After Fire http://www.graceafterfire.org/index.php 832-736-2799 Peer to peer network for female veterans Hill Country MHDD Veteran Services veteranserviceseast@hillcountry.org 512-392-7155 1921 Corporate Dr. Suite 103, San Marcos, TX 78666 Restore Warriors restorewarriors.org Self-help strategies and resources for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Veteran Affairs http://www.va.gov/ Benefits: 800-827-1000 Education (GI Bill): 888-442-2551 Veterans of Foreign Wars Chapter: San Marcos Post 3413 http://www.vfw3413.org Quartermaster: James Stuart Commander: David Adams 512-667-6216 1701 Hunter Rd., San Marcos, TX 78666

School of Social Work

Center for Children & Families

Veteran Services Office of Veterans Affairs veteransaffairs@txstate.edu 512-245-2025 JCK105 Office of Veterans Affairs-Round Rock Campus Alyssa Kroeker, ae1164@txstate.edu 512-716-4023 1555 University Blvd, Round Rock, TX 78665 Veterans Advisory Council (VAC) Melissa Hyatt, mh07@txstate.edu 512-245-2727 Veterans Alliance of Texas State (VATS) veteransalliance@txstate.edu VATS Cave LBJ 4-13.3 Computer lab, lounge area, and coffee bar Veterans Initiative Dr. Katherine Selber, ks15@txstate.edu Katherine Hall, krh4@txstate.edu 512-245-6766 Swinney House, 508 North Street, San Marcos, TX 78666

Health Alcohol and Drug Compliance Services (ADCS) Cheryl D. Harper, Cheryl@txstate.edu 512-245-3601 LBJ Student Center, Suite 5-1.16 Department of Respiratory Care & Sleep Center Dr. Gregg Marshall, Sm10@txstate.edu 512-245-8243 HPB 350-A Office of Disability Services (ODS) Clint-Michael Reneau, Reneau@txstate.edu Assistant Director: David Hunt, dhunt@txstate.edu Case Manager: Jonathan Tyner, jonathantyner@txstate.edu 512-245-3451 LBJ 5-5.1 Student Health Center healthcenter@txstate.edu Emilio Carranco, M.D. Bryant Frazier, M.D. 512-245-2161 298 Student Center Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666

Mental Health Counseling Center counselingcenter@txstate.edu 512-245-2208 LBJ Student Center 5-4.1

Academic Academic Advising Centers Rebecca Swindal, Rs12@txstate.edu 512-245-1490 AG 201 College Location Phone College of Applied Arts AG 201 512-245-1490 McCoy College of Business

Administration MCOY 115 512-245-1993 College of Education ED 2143 512-245-3050 College of Fine Arts & Communication OM 110 512-245-1932 College of Health Professions HPB 207 512-245-3506 College of Liberal Arts FH 322 512-245-1852 PACE Advising Center UAC 120 512-245-7223 Round Rock Campus Avery 201 512-716-4001 College of Science and Engineering CENT 202 512-245-1315 University College UAC 512-245-2218 Collaborative Learning Center (Tutoring for Science Majors) http://hlsamp.cose.txstate.edu/clc/clc-tutoring.html CLC Roy F. Mitte Technology & Physics Building, 4th Floor Computer Science Tutoring http://legacy.cs.txstate.edu/tutoring/ Main Campus: MCS 593 in the MCS 590, Round Rock Campus: Avery 307 Math Lab Tutoring http://www.math.txstate.edu/resources/lab.html 512-245-2074 Derrick 233 Student Learning Assistance Center (SLAC) Tutoring 512-245-2515 Alkek Library 4th Floor, office is located in room 411 Tutor Corps – Veterans Tutoring Veterans James Deitz, jtd60@txstate.edu Alkek Library 4th Floor, room 410 http://www.txstate.edu/slac/tutoring/vets Writing Center Blake Holbrook, boh6@txstate.edu http://www.writingcenter.txstate.edu/Student/veteran-tutoring.html 512-245-3018 ASBN 100

Legal Services Attorney for Students http://attorney.dos.txstate.edu legalhelp@txstate.edu Shannon FitzPatrick, sf15@txstate.edu 512-245-2370 Student Ombudsman Vincent Morton, vm05@txstate.edu 512-245-2126

On Campus Resources

Student Services Campus Recreation http://www.campusrecreation.txstate.edu CampusRecreation@txstate.edu

Career Services http://www.careerservices.txstate.edu/ Ross (William) Wood, RossW@txstate.edu 512-245-2645 LBJ 5-7.1 Child Development Center 512-245-2621 102 Lueders Ct, San Marcos, TX 78666 Dean of Students Office 512-245-2124 LBJ 5-9.1 Financial Aid & Scholarships 512-245-2315 JCK 240 Non-Traditional Student Organization (NTSO) 512-245-4923 LBJ 4-3.1 Office of Student Diversity & Inclusion (SDI) Jesse Silva, js202@txstate.edu 512-245-2278 LBJ 5-2.1 Student Involvement Brenda Lenartowicz, br25@txstate.edu 512-245-3219 LBJ 4-11.1

Off Campus Resources

Veteran Services Kyle/Buda Post 12058 http://www.kylebudavfw.org Quartermaster: Richard Riel Commander: Jimmie Quientero 512-938-3290 103 S. Front Street, Kyle, TX 78640 Military Veteran Peer Network Terry McDowell, 300spart@gmail.com 817-715-6672 Group Support Services, Resource Provider, and Peer-to-Peer Support Texas Veterans Land Board Home and Land Loans, www.TexasVeterans.com Austin 800-252-8387 VP SWBC Mortgage Liaison: Tamara Tapman, ttapman@swbc.com 210-376-6319 (Office) 210-218-8722 (Cell) Residential Mortgage Loan Originator: Ellen Bunde, ebunde@swbc.com 210-413-6700 (Cell) VA Heart of Texas Healthcare Network VISIN 17 South Texas Veterans Health Care System 210-617-5300 7400 Merton Minter San Antonio, TX 78229 http://www.heartoftexas.va.gov/

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